Healing Ourself and Others
The Magical Practice of Taking and Giving

Take a break from your busy daily life and join us for a weekend of meditation and relaxation! If you have experience with breathing meditation, you may be familiar with the peace it can evoke in your mind. The magical practice of taking and giving is much more powerful. It purifies our mind on a deep level, quickly accumulates a wealth of positive energy in our heart, and gives us a strong mind that can bear adversity with courage.

In this special retreat, the four Resident Teachers of the Midwest Kadampa Meditation Centers will guide a series of meditations to give you confidence in the practice of taking and giving and to take you deeper. Going away to a retreat like this can be a deeply transformative experience, and it will also prepare you to continue your practice of taking and giving in your daily life.

This retreat is open to both beginner and experienced meditators. Everyone welcome!

Location

Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center
9601 Union Road • Plymouth, IN 46513

Lindenwood Retreat & Conference Center is located on the shores of Lake Gilbraith in Northern Indiana. Lindenwood provides a quiet and peaceful environment for perfect meditation retreat conditions including: comfortable accommodations, beautiful gardens, walking paths, and a meditative labyrinth. 

Registration details

Registration closed August 17.

Full retreat with single room: $400 all included
Full retreat with double room: $300 all included 

Meals included: 3 meals Saturday, 3 meals Sunday, Monday breakfast, and take away snacks

All rooms have:

• A private bath with shower
• Individually controlled heating and air conditioning units
• Wireless internet access
• Linens and towels

Healing Ourself and Others
The Magical Practice of Taking and Giving

Take a break from your busy daily life and join us for a weekend of meditation and relaxation! If you have experience with breathing meditation, you may be familiar with the peace it can evoke in your mind. The magical practice of taking and giving is much more powerful. It purifies our mind on a deep level, quickly accumulates a wealth of positive energy in our heart, and gives us a strong mind that can bear adversity with courage.

In this special retreat, the four Resident Teachers of the Midwest Kadampa Meditation Centers will guide a series of meditations to give you confidence in the practice of taking and giving and to take you deeper. Going away to a retreat like this can be a deeply transformative experience, and it will also prepare you to continue your practice of taking and giving in your daily life.

This retreat is open to both beginner and experienced meditators. Everyone welcome!

Location

Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center
9601 Union Road • Plymouth, IN 46513

Lindenwood Retreat & Conference Center is located on the shores of Lake Gilbraith in Northern Indiana. Lindenwood provides a quiet and peaceful environment for perfect meditation retreat conditions including: comfortable accommodations, beautiful gardens, walking paths, and a meditative labyrinth. 

Registration details

Registration closed August 17.

Full retreat with single room: $400 all included
Full retreat with double room: $300 all included 

Meals included: 3 meals Saturday, 3 meals Sunday, Monday breakfast, and take away snacks

All rooms have:

• A private bath with shower
• Individually controlled heating and air conditioning units
• Wireless internet access
• Linens and towels

Healing Ourself and Others
The Magical Practice of Taking and Giving

Take a break from your busy daily life and join us for a weekend of meditation and relaxation! If you have experience with breathing meditation, you may be familiar with the peace it can evoke in your mind. The magical practice of taking and giving is much more powerful. It purifies our mind on a deep level, quickly accumulates a wealth of positive energy in our heart, and gives us a strong mind that can bear adversity with courage.

In this special retreat, the four Resident Teachers of the Midwest Kadampa Meditation Centers will guide a series of meditations to give you confidence in the practice of taking and giving and to take you deeper. Going away to a retreat like this can be a deeply transformative experience, and it will also prepare you to continue your practice of taking and giving in your daily life.

This retreat is open to both beginner and experienced meditators. Everyone welcome!

Location

Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center
9601 Union Road • Plymouth, IN 46513

Lindenwood Retreat & Conference Center is located on the shores of Lake Gilbraith in Northern Indiana. Lindenwood provides a quiet and peaceful environment for perfect meditation retreat conditions including: comfortable accommodations, beautiful gardens, walking paths, and a meditative labyrinth. 

Registration details

Registration closed August 17.

Full retreat with single room: $400 all included
Full retreat with double room: $300 all included 

Meals included: 3 meals Saturday, 3 meals Sunday, Monday breakfast, and take away snacks

All rooms have:

• A private bath with shower
• Individually controlled heating and air conditioning units
• Wireless internet access
• Linens and towels

Healing Ourself and Others
The Magical Practice of Taking and Giving

Take a break from your busy daily life and join us for a weekend of meditation and relaxation! If you have experience with breathing meditation, you may be familiar with the peace it can evoke in your mind. The magical practice of taking and giving is much more powerful. It purifies our mind on a deep level, quickly accumulates a wealth of positive energy in our heart, and gives us a strong mind that can bear adversity with courage.

In this special retreat, the four Resident Teachers of the Midwest Kadampa Meditation Centers will guide a series of meditations to give you confidence in the practice of taking and giving and to take you deeper. Going away to a retreat like this can be a deeply transformative experience, and it will also prepare you to continue your practice of taking and giving in your daily life.

This retreat is open to both beginner and experienced meditators. Everyone welcome!

Location

Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center
9601 Union Road • Plymouth, IN 46513

Lindenwood Retreat & Conference Center is located on the shores of Lake Gilbraith in Northern Indiana. Lindenwood provides a quiet and peaceful environment for perfect meditation retreat conditions including: comfortable accommodations, beautiful gardens, walking paths, and a meditative labyrinth. 

Registration details

Registration closed August 17.

Full retreat with single room: $400 all included
Full retreat with double room: $300 all included 

Meals included: 3 meals Saturday, 3 meals Sunday, Monday breakfast, and take away snacks

All rooms have:

• A private bath with shower
• Individually controlled heating and air conditioning units
• Wireless internet access
• Linens and towels

Discover the power of meditation and living mindfully to find a deeper sense of joy, inner purpose, and meaning in your everyday life.

In this talk, we will explore the relationship between meditation, happiness, and a deeper sense of purpose in your life. Through learning to connect with the natural inner joy that we all possess, you can bring great benefit to yourself and become more effective in helping others. In this way, you can uncover great meaning and purpose in your life.

Gen Kelsang Dorje is the resident teacher at the Kadampa Meditation Center Madison. As the resident teacher, Gen Dorje is responsible for teaching and leading meditation classes, retreats, and workshops at the center and in branch locations. He has received extensive training under the guidance of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition.

Gen Dorje is known for his warmth and humor in making Buddha’s teachings relevant to our modern life. He is an inspiring example of how to integrate these teachings into a joyful life and is committed to helping people improve their daily lives through meditation and mindfulness.

Registration details

Free! Sign up at the door.

Location:
Middleton Public Library
7425 Hubbard Ave., Middleton, WI

We will learn a special breathing meditation that combines mindfulness of the breath with the recitation of mantra.  This meditation not only calms the mind and causes distracting conceptions to subside, giving rise to a special feeling of inner peace and purity, but also strengthens the life-supporting wind at our heart center, thereby increasing our life-span.

According to Buddhist tradition, reciting this mantra empowers us to realize our highest potential. Through training in this meditation our mind will gradually become more peaceful and we will experience a more pure form of happiness. Eventually, we will be able to stay happy all the time, even in the most difficult circumstances. This class is designed for beginners and suitable for all levels. Everyone welcome! 

Registration details

Cost: $20; free for members

Location:
Kadampa Meditation Center Madison
1825 S. Park St., Madison, WI

All Kadampa centers are dedicated to all living beings. They belong to them, remaining in their service for all time, and can never be taken over by individuals or organizations and used for other purposes.

For this reason, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche says that these centers are very precious and that whenever we engage in an action to benefit a center we are in fact benefitting all living beings. Through such actions we accumulate vast merit, purify negativities, and receive powerful blessings.

We set aside time each month for an opportunity for people to come together and cherish our center and in this way benefit our local community practically. Everyone welcome!

If you are new, and wondering how to participate in Center Cherishing, send an e-mail to [email protected] or call us at (608) 661-3211. While different months may have a main focus such as preparing our meditation room for a large event, we always have a list of projects and tasks from yard work, to cleaning, organizing, and creating. There are many ways to help! Reach out with any questions you may have. 

Location:
Kadampa Meditation Center Madison
1825 S. Park St., Madison, WI